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    Fear of Missing Out and Compliance with Restrictions on Socializing

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    Fear of missing out (FoMO) represents a fear of losing out on rewarding experiences that others might have. The Covid-19 pandemic has required great restrictions on social interactions, with many reporting experiences of loneliness. The recommendations for the general public have been followed to different extents, depending on the individual. It is possible that FoMO could decrease compliance with social distancing recommendations and that socially desirable responding (SDR) also is involved. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between university students' FoMO and self-reported compliance with Swedish recommendations on social gatherings during the past year of the Covid-19 pandemic. A second aim was to explore the influence of SDR on this relationship. The study population consisted of 162 university students that responded to an on-line survey containing the validated FoMO scale, the two-factor SDR scale BIDR-16 and questions exploring compliance with restrictive recommendations on social gatherings (CRG). Utilizing a cross-sectional quantitative study design, Pearson correlations and hierarchical regression analyses were performed to investigate these associations. The study results showed that there were no significant difference in CRG between high and low FoMO groups. Analyzed together with the two SDR variables, FoMO was related to worse attitudinal compliance (0.4%) and worse behavioral compliancy (2.9%). A higher level of efforts to be positively perceived by others was associated with higher attitudinal and behavioral compliance. A higher level of unintentionally embellishing one’s own self-assessment decreased behavioral compliance by relating to a higher number of reported events going against the guidelines.Fear of missing out (FoMO) representerar en rĂ€dsla för att missa givande erfarenheter som andra har. Covid-19-pandemin har inneburit stora restriktioner av sociala interaktioner och mĂ„nga rapporterar en upplevelse av ensamhet. Rekommendationerna som utfĂ€rdats för allmĂ€nheten har följts i olika utstrĂ€ckning, beroende pĂ„ individen. Det Ă€r möjligt att FoMO skulle kunna minska följsamhet av rekommendationer om att hĂ„lla socialt avstĂ„nd samt att socialt önskvĂ€rda responser (SDR) ocksĂ„ Ă€r involverade. Studiens syfte var att undersöka relationen mellan universitetsstudenters FoMO och sjĂ€lvrapporterad följsamhet av de svenska rekommendationerna kring sociala sammankomster under det senaste Ă„ret av Covid-19-pandemin. Ett andra syfte var att utforska hur SDR influerade detta förhĂ„llande. Studiens population bestod av 162 universitetsstudenter som besvarade en enkĂ€t on-line; innehĂ„llande det validerade FoMO-formulĂ€ret, det tvĂ„faktorskaliga BIDR-16-formulĂ€ret som mĂ€ter SDR samt frĂ„gor kring följsamhet av restriktiva rekommendationer om sociala sammankomster (CRG). I en tvĂ€rsnittlig kvantitativ design studerades associationer med Pearson-korrelationer och hierarkiska regressionsmodeller. Studiens resultat visade att det inte var nĂ„gon signifikant skillnad i CRG mellan hög och lĂ„g nivĂ„ av FoMO. Vid analys tillsammans med de tvĂ„ SDR-variablerna, relaterade högre FoMO till lĂ€gre följsamhet i attityd (0,4%) och lĂ€gre följsamhet i beteende (2.9%). En hög nivĂ„ av strĂ€van efter att bli positivt utvĂ€rderad var förknippad med en högre nivĂ„ av attityd- och beteendemĂ€ssig följsamhet. En högre nivĂ„ av omedvetet förskönande av egen sjĂ€lvbild minskade följsamhet genom att relatera till ett högre antal angivna tillstĂ€llningar som bröt mot rekommendationerna.

    Fear of Missing Out and Compliance with Restrictions on Socializing

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    Fear of missing out (FoMO) represents a fear of losing out on rewarding experiences that others might have. The Covid-19 pandemic has required great restrictions on social interactions, with many reporting experiences of loneliness. The recommendations for the general public have been followed to different extents, depending on the individual. It is possible that FoMO could decrease compliance with social distancing recommendations and that socially desirable responding (SDR) also is involved. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between university students' FoMO and self-reported compliance with Swedish recommendations on social gatherings during the past year of the Covid-19 pandemic. A second aim was to explore the influence of SDR on this relationship. The study population consisted of 162 university students that responded to an on-line survey containing the validated FoMO scale, the two-factor SDR scale BIDR-16 and questions exploring compliance with restrictive recommendations on social gatherings (CRG). Utilizing a cross-sectional quantitative study design, Pearson correlations and hierarchical regression analyses were performed to investigate these associations. The study results showed that there were no significant difference in CRG between high and low FoMO groups. Analyzed together with the two SDR variables, FoMO was related to worse attitudinal compliance (0.4%) and worse behavioral compliancy (2.9%). A higher level of efforts to be positively perceived by others was associated with higher attitudinal and behavioral compliance. A higher level of unintentionally embellishing one’s own self-assessment decreased behavioral compliance by relating to a higher number of reported events going against the guidelines.Fear of missing out (FoMO) representerar en rĂ€dsla för att missa givande erfarenheter som andra har. Covid-19-pandemin har inneburit stora restriktioner av sociala interaktioner och mĂ„nga rapporterar en upplevelse av ensamhet. Rekommendationerna som utfĂ€rdats för allmĂ€nheten har följts i olika utstrĂ€ckning, beroende pĂ„ individen. Det Ă€r möjligt att FoMO skulle kunna minska följsamhet av rekommendationer om att hĂ„lla socialt avstĂ„nd samt att socialt önskvĂ€rda responser (SDR) ocksĂ„ Ă€r involverade. Studiens syfte var att undersöka relationen mellan universitetsstudenters FoMO och sjĂ€lvrapporterad följsamhet av de svenska rekommendationerna kring sociala sammankomster under det senaste Ă„ret av Covid-19-pandemin. Ett andra syfte var att utforska hur SDR influerade detta förhĂ„llande. Studiens population bestod av 162 universitetsstudenter som besvarade en enkĂ€t on-line; innehĂ„llande det validerade FoMO-formulĂ€ret, det tvĂ„faktorskaliga BIDR-16-formulĂ€ret som mĂ€ter SDR samt frĂ„gor kring följsamhet av restriktiva rekommendationer om sociala sammankomster (CRG). I en tvĂ€rsnittlig kvantitativ design studerades associationer med Pearson-korrelationer och hierarkiska regressionsmodeller. Studiens resultat visade att det inte var nĂ„gon signifikant skillnad i CRG mellan hög och lĂ„g nivĂ„ av FoMO. Vid analys tillsammans med de tvĂ„ SDR-variablerna, relaterade högre FoMO till lĂ€gre följsamhet i attityd (0,4%) och lĂ€gre följsamhet i beteende (2.9%). En hög nivĂ„ av strĂ€van efter att bli positivt utvĂ€rderad var förknippad med en högre nivĂ„ av attityd- och beteendemĂ€ssig följsamhet. En högre nivĂ„ av omedvetet förskönande av egen sjĂ€lvbild minskade följsamhet genom att relatera till ett högre antal angivna tillstĂ€llningar som bröt mot rekommendationerna.
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